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[Splash Page] Splash Page » Blog Archive » 'Persepolis' Creator Marjane Satrapi ...: Satrapi, who was born in Iran to Marxist parents, discussed her personal and family histories in the country in "Persepolis" and has gone on to compose two more graphic novels "Embroideries" and "Chicken with Plums," the latter of which she and director Vincent Paronnaud are seeking to adapt into a live-action film.

[Balloon Juice] Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Friday Night Open Thread: Also 'Baby Be Mine' Susan Anderson - set in pre-katrina New Orleans. And now is as good as time as any to start Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series.

[Tajder.com] Tajder.com » Blog Archive » Satrapi vs. Nafisi. 1:0.: Persepolis is a graphic memoir recounting her rebellious childhood in Iran, her high-school education at the Lycée Français in Vienna and her short return back to Iran after which she based herself in France in 1993. The memoir is divided into two books: The first is told from the viewpoint of a young girl making sense of a difficult world around her, and in the second book, she is a young woman trying to make sense of herself.

[Blog@Newsarama] Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Review: Chicken With Plums: Like Satrapi’s other works, Chicken With Plums provides a charming and welcome picture of Iran as a real place full of real people (something most of us rarely see)  and plenty of strong characters that are in turns tragic and funny, because of who they are, depending on the situation.

[Laila Lalami] Laila Lalami » Blog Archive » Marjane Satrapi's Chicken with Plums: she wrote of her teenage life in Austria, where her parents sent her so she could finish high school away from the constant harassments of the mullahs. In “Embroideries,”

[Fig and Plum] Fig and Plum: Book 'Em (Or "On On Beauty"): I hesitate to write much about Smith's characterization of race and "blackness" in America, since it's complicated, especially in the context of all the other "authenticity"-centered themes running through the Belsey family, and anyway I would not be the best authority - but there still seemed to me something off about it. I should say more to be fair, but this one needs more thinking through.

[chapati mystery] Chapati Review: Chicken with Plums: Also, keep your eyes peeled for the animated version of Persepolis, narrated in French by the likes of (chain-smoking and ravishing) Catherine Deneuve. I'm reluctant to accept that it could be a good thing to make Persepolis into an .

[Pantheon Graphic Novels News] CHICKEN WITH PLUMS trade paperback!: If you are as big a fan of Marjane as I am, then you’ll definitely want an advance copy! I will send out a FREE copy to the first 3 people who email me at pantheon@randomhouse.com with the correct answer to the below question:

[Worldchanging: Bright Green] Worldchanging: Bright Green: Summer Reading, Worldchanging-Style: Marjane actually has a couple new comics out after Persepolis one called Embroderies and I think peach with plums or something? you might consider looking out for the entire L'Association stable of artists.

[The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log] Cartooning our way through history - Larry Gonick talks to FPI ...: Speaking as a bookseller who has read - and sold - a lot of history books over the years, I’ve really enjoyed the Cartoon History series, not just as amusingly told tales but because there is genuine history in there and I’ve picked up on events or persons I’d never heard of (which is always a delight to me), so I am guessing readers who hardly pick up history works at all will often find it quite an eye-opener (our ancestors did what? When?

[THE BEAT] THE BEAT » Blog Archive » World's great cartoonists enjoy standing ...: Oh and I know everyone has read Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, but I just read her Chicken with Plums, and Embroideries and loved them too. Highly recommended!

[Blog@Newsarama] Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Blog@Newsarama Gift-Giving Guide ...: And, again, if you’re shopping for someone who loathes superheroes, you can swap in a full run of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, Persepolis 2, Embroideries, and Chicken with Plums.

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